IMHO the Madagascar Hissing Roaches look a fair bit different from what most folks in USA/CANADA/UK think of as a roach. They are more like big beetles. They're also fairly slow moving, which helps reduce the freak-out factor. There are a couple pictures in my "Bug" album in my profile. Have a look.

http://www.chameleonforums.com/membe...phadorhina.jpg

I like Dubias... My reasons for choosing them....They are quiet, they don't smell, They are incredibly nutritious, They are slow so if I drop one I can easily retrieve it before it disappears, They can't climb or fly, I have no problem picking them up and handling them as they are not hideously disgusting, They breed like crazy so you can save $$$ on feeders costs, They eat anything so they can be gutloaded with whatever you please... There really are too many pluses to list...

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nymphs are baby roaches.. they look like smaller roaches

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HAHA my mom finally let me order roaches. after the presentation and the essay, she gave in. i just bought 1000 turkistan roaches from aaronpauling.com

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i tried the roach thing, but both of my chams just looked at the roach, and then looked at me with a " um what do you want me to do with this look " so i went back to crickets and supers and an waxi for treats

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sandrachameleon - Do you feed your chams roaches that big? That one is huge!
Does anyone have a good website on raising dubias?

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go to www.aaronpauling.com and call him. he is so nice and will give u all the info you need about any roach.

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That's (refering to pic of roach on my hand) just one of the adult females who happens to be quite friendly. I only feed much younger/smaller hissers to the chams. I currently only have 5 chameleons (two more on the way soon!) so I dont need a very large roach colony. So I feed off the vast majority of the nymphs to the chams and my mantids. I dont let too many grow up to adults.

Hooray! Hope it works out well for you

@offtopic: Can adult male veiled eat a fully grown dubia roach?